V. G. Kelkar

Isolation, Cloning and Sequence Characterization of the Salinity-Responsive Transcription Factor Gene OsbHLH024 from Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Cv. Ratnagiri-8

V. Shrikaran, S. V. Sawardekar, S. S. Sawant, P. S. Sawant, V. G. Kelkar, P. L. Shriname, S. M. Suryawanshi & S. D. Gunjal · Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology · 2026

Oryza sativa L. (rice) is a staple food crop whose productivity is increasingly constrained by soil salinity, a stress that disrupts ionic balance and limits growth and yield. Basic helix–loop–helix (bHLH) transcription factors are known regulators of plant abiotic stress respons...